Jacob katzenbeeg



(No Model.)

' J. KATZEN'BERG.

Suspenders.

No. 36, 37, r Patented Jan. 4,188.1.

WITNESSES: I

ATTORNEYS.

N.PETERS. PJiDYO-LITNOGRAPMER WASHINGTONv D C.

and middle layer, 2, are composed of muslin or other suitable material, and they are arranged so that their warp-threads cross orrun at right angles, as shown, while the warp of the outer layer, 3, coincides with the inner ply, 1. The button-tips thus constructed are UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB KATZENBERG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SUSPENDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,337, dated January 4, 1881. Application filed November 15, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J AOOB KATZENBERG, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Suspenders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

The object of my invention is to improve the construction of suspenders, whereby they may be manufactured cheaper, and yet be strong and durable and more ornamental in appearance, also have due elasticity and be adapted for suspending drawers as well as pants.

The construction, combination, and arrangement of parts are as hereinafter described, reference being hadv to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a plan view of a portion of a shoulder-strap and the buttonstraps and tips connected therewith. Fig. 2 is a plan view of one of the button-tips, whose parts are separated sufficiently to exhibit their arrangement. Figs. 3 and 4 show the manner of attaching drawer-straps to the other parts.

The shoulder-straps A are non-elastic, but preferably made of ornamental fabric. The suspender-straps B B are made of elastic ma terial, while the tips or button-pieces G, attached to them, are made of non-elastic material. The elasticity of the suspenders is therefore entirely in the straps B B. The latter are attached to the straps by toothed metal clasps D, and are provided with button-holes a, that may be used for attachment of drawers.

The tps O. are three-plythat is to say, they are each composed of three pieces or plies of fabric, 1 2 3, which are arranged in the following-described manner. The inner layer, 1,

thin and flexible and inexpensive, and also possess great strength and durability, more especially when bound together around the edge. The outer layer, 3, is made of the same ornamental fabric as that constituting the outer portion of the shoulder-straps A, which contributes very materially to the ornamental appearance of the suspenders as a whole.

The pieces b, by which the elastic straps B B are united and attached to the rings 0 of the shoulder-straps A, are also the same in appearance as or match said straps and the outer layer of the tips G, for the sake of due ornamental effect.

Taken together, the parts above described make cheap but strong, durable, neat, and ornamental suspenders, having due elasticity at those points where it is most required.

I may in some cases employ elastic drawerstraps F, having toothed spring-clasps G attached to their lower ends. Such straps F are fastened to the tips 0 and suspender-straps B by means of the aforesaid metal clasps l), as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

What I claim as new is- 1. The suspender button-hole tips formed of three plies or pieces of fabric, 1 2 3, the middle piece being arranged with its warp-threads crosswise of or at right angles to those of the other pieces, which are secured thereto, as shown and described.

2. The improved suspenders composed of the non-elastic shoulder-straps A A, the elastic straps B B, and the non-elastic button-hole tips formed of three plies of fabric, arranged as described, and the outer one being of the same pattern and appearance as the shoulderstraps, and the metal clasps for connecting the said button-tips with the elastic straps, as shown and described.

JACOB KATZENBERG.

Witnesses:

ISAAC SCHWARTZ, LoUIs KATZENBERG. 

